Related Quotes
aztec cafes mocha
The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top Sarah Vowell
aztec office waiting
Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.
aztec faces life-is
Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?' Joseph Campbell
aztec mexican
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. Edward Burnett Tylor
aztec keys sage
In Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.' Poets were considered 'sages of the word,' who meditated on human enigmas and explored the beyond, the realm of the gods. Edward Hirsch
mexican together lucky
I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.' Salma Hayek
mexican hollywood worst-times
I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
mexican latina certain
I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not. Sandra Cisneros
mexican proven running
This Mexican team, they're not running out slop. They've got proven major-league talent. Jake Peavy
mexican rarely respected supported
It's a right that is broadly supported by the Mexican people, but it is a right that is rarely respected in practice. Kenneth Roth
mexican soul intelligence
The French equate intelligence with rational discourse, the Russians with intense soul-searching. For the Mexican, intelligence is inseparable from maliciousness. Carlos Fuentes
mexican painting
My cubist paintings are my most Mexican. Diego Rivera
mexican sushi freak
It always freaks me out when I go to a sushi place and there's a Mexican. Chelsea Handler
mexican nicaragua made
And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua. Alex Cox